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No. 625,8I5. Patented May 30, I899.

w. M. THAWLEY.

ADVEBTISHIG SIGN.

(Appliution filed Apr. 1, was.)

(No Model.)

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M/THAWLEY, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

ADVERTISING-SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,815, dated May 30,1899'.

Application filed April ,1, 1898. Serial No- 676,120-l. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MAROY THAWLEY,of the city of Tor0nto,in thecounty of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Advertising Sign's and I hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of this invention is to utilize the pole of a trolley-car foradvertising purposes, and to provide the pole with an advertising deviceembracing in its construction a frame having a central partition onwhich may be painted or otherwise indicated suitable advertisements andguides at each side of the central partition to receive removable signs,

each sign having one or both sides printed with advertising matter, andto provide a connection between the advertising device and thetrolley-pole which will suspend the advertising device from the pole andallow it to swing with the movements of the car or wind and accommodateitself to the top of the car when the trolley-pole has been lowered intoa substantially horizontal position, as

hereinafter more fully set forth and more particularly pointed out inthe claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of atrolley-pole and anadvertising device suspended from the pole. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the advertising device with the removable signs held by the same.Fig. 3 is a similar view without the removable signs.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawings.

A represents the trolley-pole.

B B represent two bands encirclingv the trolley-pole at'a suitabledistance apart and provided on the under side of the pole with an eye 0.

D represents a tubular frame for the advertising device, which isprovided with eyes E E, interlocking with the eyes 0 0.

Depending from the center of the under side of the frame D is apartition F, and on each side of the partition F is printed,painted, orotherwise indicated suitable advertising matter in order that thepartition F can serve as an advertising-sign when the advertisingdeviceis free of the other signs hereinafter described.

G G represent two sets of guides, one set located on each side of thepartition F. Each set of guides G consists of an inwardly-bent piece ofmetal extending around the borders of the partition and forming with thepartition a substantially U-shaped slide H, the slide II at the top endh of the partition being open to receive the removable signs.

I represents the removable signs, which may be of cardboard,'tin, orother suitable materiahcorrespondingin shape and size with the partitionF and having printed on one or both sides suitable advertising matter.By printing advertisements on both sides of the signs I the signs can bereversed when it is so desired and the advertisements changed. Byconnecting the frame D to the pole A by means of the eyes '0 O and E Ethe sign can swing with the movement of the car and with the windandwhen the pole A is lowered into its horizontal position will lie flat onthe top of the car and render no obstruction to the lowering of thepole. This is necessary when the car enters the car-shed or passes undera subway or lowered trolley-wire.

Different advertising matter can be printed on each side of thepartition F and on each side of the signs I. The partition F and thesigns I each having two sides, it will be understood that thesedifferent signs can be carried by the advertising device. By removingthe signs the advertising matter on the partition is exposed to the viewof the public. By inserting the signs the advertising matter on one sideof each sign is exposed to the public and the advertising matter on thesides of the partition is covered. By reversing the signs theadvertising matter on the opposite sides is exposed to view.

Having thus fully described my invention, what. I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An advertising-sign for trolley-poles embracing in its construction atubular bar provided with suspending mediums, a central partitiondepending from the middle of the under side of the frame and arranged tohave advertisements painted on the whole of both of its side faces, twosets of guides, one located movable sigmpanels, substantially as specion each side of thetpartition to hold removfied.

able sign-panels, each set of guides consist Toronto, March 15, A. D.1898.

ing of an inwardly-bent piece of metal ex- W. M. THAWLEY. 5 tendingaround the borders of the partition In presence of and forming with thepartition a subst-an- J. E. CAMERON,

tially U-shaped slide, open to receive the re-f WESTWOOD.

